Armor.



w. BRADLEY ARMORQ APBLIQATION FILEP raw/19.1915

PatentedSept. 28, 1915.

WAKEMAN BRADLEY, orbn'rnoi'r; mxciire'aivy ARMOR.

all? whom it, mag concern y 4 4 Be it known that I, WVAKEMAN BRADLEY,

{la citizen of the'United States ofAmerica, \lresiding at Detroit, inthe county of Wayne tain new and useful Improvements in Ai'mor, of whichthe following is a specifi.'

canon, reference being had therein to the accoinpanying drawings. I flhis invention relates to an armor which wilFafiord protection tosoldiers and aviators by protecting and shielding the greater part ofthe body.

The object of my invention is to provide a body armor or shield that canbe co1nforttreating or lying upon damp ground, the armor beingnon-penetrable by an ordinary bullet or bayonet thrust besides servingfunctionally as a shield in front of a trench.

The above and many other objects are attained by a mechanicalconstruction that will be hereinafter described and then claimed, andreference will now be had' to the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a frontelevation of'a body armor as worn by a soldier; Fig. 2 shows the armoras worn on the back of a soldier; Fig. '3 is a perspective View of thebody armor; Fig. at is a vertical sectional view of the same; Fig. 5 isa side elevation of the body,armor on the ground, and in position toprotect the back of a soldier against dampness; Fig. 6 is a crosssectional view of the armorin position as a shield'at the edge'ofatrench. p

In the construction of the body armor, the best of light and durablesteel or similar metal is used of sufficient thickness to preventpenetration by bullets, bayonets, spears or other missiles or handmanipulated implements of war.

The body armor comprises a chest protector 1 having shoulder straps 2, aneck portion 3, arm pit portions 4, a stomach portion 5, and leg pieces6. The chest pro ably worn by a soldier, when charging, re-

I I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept; 28 Application filedMay 19, 191 5. H SerialNo. 29,232.

ed to extend underneath thear'ms.

, shoulder straps 2 fit =comfortably'ov'erfthe 5 and State of Michigan,have invented cer shoulders from which the armor issuspendtector 1covers the entire chest portion of. abody and the arm pit portions lareadapt- The ed, and these shoulder straps pe 1 ir'rij (of, the

armorf 'being ,worn uponithe front ofthe body when charging andtransferred to the 1 back I of; the 5 body, when rel re'ating.- The neckportion .3 protects the front or back ofthe neck according to the'waythe armor,

is. worn, an'dflthe leg pieces .6 are, bent outwardly and'roundedlwherebya soldier can easily walk or" run. when wearingthearmor.

Cooperating with the shoulder straps 2 in preventing accidentaldisplacement of the armor is a belt or strap 7 adapted to be buckledaround the waist of a body when the armor is worn upon the front'or backof the body. The shape of the armor is such that it can be used forvarious purposes, two of which have been illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6.What I claim is i A body armor comprising a one-piece metallic chestprotector having integral shoulder straps for suspending said armor fromthe shoulders upon the chest or backof' the body, a neck portion at theupper edge of the chest protector and between the shoulder strapsthereof and adapted to protect the neck,armpit portions at the sideedges of said chest protector, a stomach portion below saidchestprotector, upwardly bent and rounded leg pieces at the lower'edgeof said stomach portion, and straps carried by the side edges of thestomach portion and adapted to bebuckled around the body to cooperatewith, said shoulder straps in retaining the armor on the body.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WAK EMAN BRADLEY.

\ Witnesses:

KARL H. BUTLER, V ANNA M. Dorm.

